Well...since that conversation died, I'll just make one last post about the nonsense in this thread...
Here's a couple of points.
1. There's all kinds of crime. This thread is about a specific kind of crime. Several posters have tried to distract from that by conflating it with other crimes. For example, if I were to be talking about gang murders in south Chicago....it makes zero sense to bring up domestic murders in Connecticut. Yes, white men are probably over represented in domestic murders in Connecticut...but that doesn't have anything to do with the fact that gang murders are a problem in Chicago, and it doesn't make it racist to say that they're overwhelmingly committed by young black men. These are just facts.
Similarly , the grooming gangs that are raping young women in the UK are overwhelmingly Pakistani and mideastern Muslims. Talking about Albanian organized crime and the prostitutes they smuggle into the UK doesn't change that. Talking about the fact that common rape is most often committed by white men in the UK doesn't change that. It isn't racist or bigoted to talk about the facts and try to figure out why a problem is happening.
2. It is a problem. How do I know this? It's the muslim community itself that is stating it's a problem. I know that the Quilliam Foundation that came out with this report doesn't sound very muslim...but that's exactly what they are. They're a group of concerned Muslims that, among other things, tries to shed light on problems in the muslim community. They're concerned about combating jihadist terrorism by promoting awareness and cooperating with authorities. They're concerned about services for successfully integrating muslim refugees into western society. They're concerned about combating hate crimes against muslims...and Muslims committing hate crimes. This isn't some right-wing, Britain first, ultra nationalist group of racist old white men...it's simply a group of forward thinking Muslims trying to do the right thing by helping the muslim community assimilate without bringing the problems of the nations they left behind into the nation they're joining. This is, in my opinion, exactly the kind of group the muslim community needs.
So when they come out with a report that basically says, "Yes! There's a very serious problem of muslim men raping young girls in the UK!" I think it's safe to say that this isn't politically motivated, this isn't racist or bigoted, and they're really just trying to draw attention to the issue because it's the right thing to do.
On a personal note...this thread highlights why I no longer call myself liberal or a leftist. The majority of my views may still be very liberal, but the majority of those calling on the left these days appear to have taken a great leap away from intellectualism....even common sense...and into politically correct nonsense, demagoguery, and narrative-driven rhetoric. They've been calling people racist or bigoted so often for so long....that they now think it's islamaphobic for a bunch of Muslims to point out a problem in the muslim community! Either that, or they simply cannot admit when their narrative had been shown to be completely wrong by bare facts.
That's all, I'm done with this thread.